Chapter 284 The Daughter of the Sinful Minister32
What happened to the body owner's father, Gu Tingrui? Xining's eyebrows twitched.
Xu Mian roughly told what happened in the morning.
The emperor got up last night and when he was visiting the back garden, he ran into a private meeting between the prince and Feng Cai. In a rage, Feng Cairen was killed and the prince was imprisoned in the clan mansion.
This morning, the court wanted to depose the prince for this reason. Naturally, some ministers raised doubts. It was possible that the prince had been framed. But Feng Cairen was dead, and the emperor was so angry that he killed Feng Cairen and the palace people around the prince with sticks, turning it into a no-brainer case.
After all, Gu Tingrui is the legitimate son of Mr. Gu. At the critical moment, he once again acted fearlessly and faced the dragon pillar of the hall.
Fortunately, the emperor had already taken precautions and asked someone to stop him. But he offended Tianwei and punished him with eighty imperial staffs.
The emperor ordered, the ceremonial supervisor printed and the eunuch stamped the seal, and the Ministry of Punishment reviewed it. Gu Tingrui was pulled outside the Meridian Gate, his pants were stripped off, and he was beaten eighty times!
Xu Mian reassured: "Don't worry, it has been sent back to the palace. I have sent the best medicine for golden sores. The emperor also called the imperial doctor to come over for diagnosis and treatment."
Xining listened blankly, and after thinking about it for a while, he covered his mouth and laughed.
Xu Mian looked at her: "Aren't you in a hurry?"
"No rush!" She shook her head first, and then said with a smile: "The Imperial Guards in Imperial Guards probably don't dare to do anything harsh, and the Emperor just wants to show his humiliation. Now my father should only have his flesh bruised, not his muscles and bones."
The corners of Xu Mian's lips curled up slightly, and he was indeed a sensible person.
If the eunuch's feet are spread out, the person being tortured can still survive; if the eunuch's toes are close together, the person being tortured will die under the cane.
The executioners were all veterans, and even a hundred blows would only break the skin. If it looks like he is being beaten to death, he will be seriously injured after three sticks, his breath will be cut off by twenty or thirty sticks, and he will die coldly after eighty sticks.
The emperor was furious, but it was not because he wanted Gu Tingrui's life. After all, Mr. Gu touched the pillar for him twenty years ago, and now his son wanted to touch the pillar to death, so he had to save some face. If you are beaten to death or hit a pillar and die, it will be recorded. Gu Tingrui couldn't die if he didn't want Qingshi to be known as a foolish king.
Gu Tingrui is just the Minister of Rites, and those desperate officials have not yet moved.
Xi Ning tried hard to hold back his laughter, otherwise his father would be unlucky, and his daughter would still be so happy: "My father is pedantic, serving the country and the people, and was beaten for the sake of the country and the country. The emperor also cared about it, hired an imperial doctor, and sir The golden sore medicine is not allowed to lie on the bed and be happy!”
The minister who was beaten enjoyed a very high reputation in the temple. He was a loyal minister who refused to give advice. Even after being beaten by the dragon stick, he would have to pay homage to him before he went to see him.
Xi Ning held a reading book and waved it like a fan: "You will recover after lying in bed for a few months. This is good. This reason can allow my father to take a good rest and think about his mistakes behind closed doors, so as not to displease the emperor. I must hope so, sir." …”
Seeing Xi Ning talking and looking over, Xu Mian understood what he meant.
The emperor is currently in a weird temper, so he might as well hide himself. During this time, you can also give it a try. The late emperor wanted to depose the crown prince but he died within a year. Although it may have been caused by the poison of the golden elixir, who can know what happened in the palace?
Xu Mian took a long breath.
Xining asked tentatively: "Do you need me to do anything, sir?"
Xu Mian was quiet for a while and responded: "Live well and stay with me."
It seems that he doesn't want her to take risks, and there are some things that she can't help with. At present, the emperor has no time to kill her. What the emperor wants to kill more is the prince. His own son cuckolding him is no better than when he was framed for treason.
Xining asked curiously: "My lord, do you think the prince is really good at lust? He is obsessed with lust and forgets about propriety and etiquette?"
Xu Mian suddenly smiled at her, and Xining was stunned for a moment. This cold and paralyzed face looked quite nice when he smiled.
Xu Mian stretched out his hand, took her hand, and said with a smile: "I will just check and give the results to the emperor. Whatever the emperor says is what it is. Have a good rest and wait for me to come back for dinner in the evening."
After saying that, he stood up and walked out. Xining sat there blankly for a while. Xu Mian was actually quite good. Let's think about it. If she could exchange places and let her stay in this world, she would be very happy to marry Xu Mian.
Mo Ming: "I feel good too. If he can replace you, I would be very happy."
Xining: "Is it possible?"
Mo Ming: "It's impossible, so stop dreaming!"
Okay, let's continue the mission obediently.
If Xu Mian can find out the result of the secret meeting with the concubine in the prince's back garden, the emperor will probably let her go, and the task will be completed.
Xiaohong walked in: "Miss, do you need a nap?"
Xining shook his head: "No need." Now that I'm sleeping, I can't sleep at night.
"Then I'll continue what I said yesterday." After receiving the agreement, Xiao Hong stood at the table and talked about the fifth return.
Xu Mian led Jin Yiwei into the palace and began to investigate the case. The means are actually average. Feng Cai has no power in his family, and he has been in the palace for two years and has not been favored. The perpetrators took advantage of this and made the emperor get angry and kill them all so that no one could investigate the case.
Zhang Zhong muttered beside him: "How can we investigate this?" Everyone was beaten to death.
Xu Mian stood at the location of the private meeting and picked up a golden walking stick.
The eunuch in charge next to him replied: "This belongs to Feng Cairen."
"How did it fall?" Xu Mian asked, looking at it carefully.
The eunuch in charge looked to the side, and the little eunuch next to him immediately replied: "This servant recognizes that the reward Feng Cairen received when he first entered the palace and was granted the title of talent may have been dropped when he was kidnapped last night."
The eunuch in charge smiled: "Everything here is sealed to prevent anyone from complaining about injustice."
Xu Mian nodded and looked around: "Everything has clues. Zhang Zhong, draw all the footprints here."
In the past few days, the weather has been hot and dry, and water was swept everywhere in the palace to drive away the heat. There are some footprints of different shades on the mud here.
"Yes, sir!" Zhang Zhong greeted his men, began to mold the footprints, drew the outlines with white powder, and marked them on the paper.
Looking at Xu Mian standing motionless under the shade of the tree, it seemed as if the temperature here had dropped a few degrees. The eunuch in charge could only accompany her, wiping sweat constantly, thinking secretly, how could Gu Tingrui, a stupid spore, fall in love with his daughter, this King of Hell, Xu Yan. After beating him with eighty imperial rods, he was given gold sore medicine. Even the emperor had to send an imperial doctor to show his concern.
"Since this is all we have here, let's go to the clan's mansion to see the prince. Keep everything here for now." After watching from the side, Xu Mianze took the people to the clan's mansion.
Xining was waiting in the room. Today was better than yesterday. The flat shackles were taken away, and although the hands and feet were still shackled, they could at least move.
I can't move at all, and it feels really ecstasy if I can't even scratch my itch.
Apart from not being able to get out of bed, everything was taken care of. The cicadas outside kept screaming, but because there was an ice basin inside, it wasn't that hot anymore. Xiaohong also brought a plate of cut watermelon, even the black seeds were picked out. It was a pretty good day!
When the sun went down, Xu Mian came back.
(End of chapter)